Floating tube socket



pril 16, 1929. o, ADLER 1,709,452`

FLOATING TUBE SOCKET Filed Feb. 26, 1927 jig/6722571 Q5 a ygdfe?? socket -wiich is eiiicient in operation and Patented Apr. 16, i929.

UNITED lSTATI-is PATENT# JOFFICE.

OSCAR. ADLER,- oF NORTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIeNon, :BY IIEsNE ASSIGNMENTS,

10 NATIONAL ELECTRICA/L PRODUCTS COMPANY, 0F

PORATION F ILL1NOIS. A

FLOATINGTUBE socknr.

Application ledlebruary 26, '1927. Serial` No. 171,277.

This inventionKrelates to floating sockets.\ for audion tubes, rectifying tubes and the like and has for an object the provision of such a Which at the same time is simple and economical to manufacture.

These and other objects as will later appear are accomplished by this invention which is fully described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a section of a panel showing the socket applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig; 1, but showing the top plate of the socketremoved Figs. 4 and 5-arepartial enlarged sections on the lines 4 and 5 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 kis a perspective view of a clip removed;

Fig. 'I is a front elevation of one of the lock washers; and

Fig. 8 is a similar view of the spiral spring.

The embodiment illustrated comprises a panel 10 normally disposed horizontally when inv use in which is formed an opening 11 having recesses 12 which are adapted to serve as guide-Ways for pins or rivets 13 which serve to tie together top and bottom plates 14 and '15 respectively of the tube socket.

The bottom plate 15 is provided With a plurality of spring clips 16, preferably four in number', which are secured thereto by means of rivets 17, the ends of the clips 16 being provided with tongues 16a which extend into holes 18 in the bottom plate.

The bottom plate 15 is supported by means of a plurality of spiral wire springs 19, the outer end of each being provided with an eye 20 which is also held by the rivet 17 while the inner' end is-provided with an eye21 which is secured to the panel 10 by means of a rivet 22. To further insure the proper positioning of these elements, the outer end of the spring 19 passes through a slot 16b in the clip y16. The inner end 21 of the spiral spring is preferably held under the rivet 22 between a well known form of lock washer 23 having burred edges and a well known form of terminal 24.

Each of the clips 16 is rovided with spring fingers 16c each of whicl'i lies beneath one of the holes 25 in the top plate 14. These holes 25 are made of a size and-spaced to suit stand- 4ard audion tubes.

WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, AConextending throughone ofthe holes 25 and,

yieldably held between spring fingers 16. Asshown in Fig. 1,` these holes differ in size so that the tube can be inserted in only one position sothat there is no danger of.' its p eing inserted in other than the correct posiion.

Experience has shown that this tube socket gives a very soft springy action so thatthe latter absorbs any vibrations in the tube which are received from outside sources, thereby preventing the tube from humming or from producing any disagreeable noise. This humming be eiliciently an-d economically made and assembled.

While I have shown and described but a vsingle embodiment of this invention, it is to be understood thatit is capable of many modifications.

Changes therefore in the coni s often due to the relative` change of positions of the tubeelements struction and arrangement may be made which do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A floating tube socket comprising a base of insulating material having an opening therethrough, two spaced members, one on each side of said base, spacers connecting said members,clips carried by one of said l members, each, clipl adapted to engage a prong of an audion tube, and a yieldable conductor'extendin'g from each clip to a terminal on said base.

2. A loatino' tube socket each side of said base, members, vguides in said opening for said spacers, clips carried by one of said members, each clip adapted. to engage a prong of an audion tubeyanda yieldable conductor exitending from each clip to a terminal on said ase.

3. A ioating tube socket comprising a base comprising a base. Hof insulating material having an opening therethrough, two spaced members, one on spacers connecting said an audion tube,

of insulating material having an opening therethrough, two spaced members, one .on each side of sa1d base, spacers connecting-said members, clips carried by one of said mem-4 bers, each clip adapted to engage a prong of ing from each clip to a terminal on said base.

said members, a guide in said opening orsaid spacer, clips carried by one o-said members,

each clipfadapted to engage a prong of an the upper member having holes adapted to'selectively receive the prongs of the tube, and a yieldable conductor extend-1 audiontube, and a yieldable conductor exfending from each clip to a terminal on said ase.

5. A floating tubesoeket comprising a base of insulating material having an `opening therethrough, two spaced members, one 0n each side of said base, a spacer connecting said members, meansfor preventing rotation between said base and said spaced members, means on one of said members for engaging the prongs of an audion tube, and a yieldable connector extending from each prong engaging means to a terminal on said base.

In ,testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of February, 1927.

' FOSCAR ADLER.y 

